Shloka 146

Devanagari script

विपुलाभि: सटाभिस्ते ह्लेषमाणा मुहुर्मुहु: । उन घोड़ोंके कंधोंपर लंबे-लंबे बाल थे। वे परिश्रमको जीत चुके थे। वे सभी अपने विशाल केसरों (गर्दनके लंबे बालों)-से सुशोभित थे और उस भयानक राक्षसका भार वहन करते हुए वे बारंबार हिनहिना रहे थे

Transliteration

vipulābhiḥ saṭābhis te hleṣamāṇā muhur muhuḥ |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。あの馬たちは豊かな鬣をたなびかせ、幾度となく嘶いた。肩には長い毛が垂れ、巨大な頸の鬣がその姿をいっそう引き立てていた。恐るべき羅刹の重みを負いながら、労苦の疲れをすでに乗り越え、それでもなお繰り返し嘶き続けた。

Word by Word

• विपुलाभिः: with large/abundant
• विपुलाभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सटाभिः: manes (neck-hair)
• सटाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सटा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ह्लेषमाणाः: neighing
• ह्लेषमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्लेष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शानच् (present active participle)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses
• rākṣasa (a dreadful demon-like being)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how immense power and endurance can be pressed into service for terrifying ends in war. It invites reflection on the ethical ambiguity of strength: the same vitality and beauty (the splendid manes, the spirited neighing) becomes an instrument for carrying a fearsome agent of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a war-scene detail: horses with thick manes repeatedly neigh as they bear the heavy load of a dreadful rākṣasa. The focus is on their appearance, exertion, and the ominous presence of the being they carry, heightening the battlefield’s terror and intensity.